New England Patriots Links 7/30/15 - Patriots Fans Inflate: Training Camp Opens Today!

TEAM TALK

• Press Conference: Robert Kraft transcript: 'I unequivocally support Tom Brady'. (6.10 min. video) - Bill Belichick: 'It's a new season for everyone.' (5.25 min. video)
• From the NFL - Camp countdown: New England Patriots. (Video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss sets the schedule for Day 1 of Training Camp.
• Christopher Price gives us 10 things to watch for as the Patriots open training camp.
• Connor Fulton (Musket Fire) New England Patriots training camp: why we love it.
• Miguel Benzan (PatsFans) New England Patriots Dead Money as of July 29, 2015.
• Miguel Benzan (PatsFans) Listing the big decisions that the Patriots have to make right around the start of the 2016 League Year.
• Miguel Benzan (PatsFans) Super Bowl Champs 2015 Salary Cap Picture – Listing Future Cap needs and listing how Patriots can create more cap space.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Matthew Prisco (The Sports Quotient) Jamie Collins: New England’s most dangerous linebacker.
• Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) Patriots offseason report: Deflategate casts pall over Super Bowl afterglow.
• Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) With Brady ban upheld, what are expectations for Jimmy Garoppolo?
• Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) Five big QB myths: Peyton Manning is done? Jay Cutler stinks? Hardly.
• Chris Burke (SI) Tom Brady's upheld suspension changes complexion of Patriots' year.
• Gil Brandt (NFL.com) Packers, Colts among few teams whose QB is their best player. /Huh? Gronkowski picked as more important than Brady.
• Andrew Bucholtz (Awful Announcing) Still no new ESPN ombudsman, which fits their historical back-and-forth on the position.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Tom Brady throws Samsung under the bus, iPhone reaps $733K benefit.
• Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Greg Hardy can play in Cowboys-Patriots but Tom Brady can't.
• Mike Rodak (ESPN) Despite Roger Goodell ruling, Bills could still see Tom Brady in Week 2.

DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER

• Mike Reiss highlights the top issues that have sparked the Patriots to question the integrity of the NFL office.
• Press Release (NFLPA.com) NFLPA Files Petition on Behalf of Tom Brady in Minnesota District Court.
• Christian Datoc (Daily Caller) Brady takes the high road, responds to 'unfair' suspension on Facebook.
• Tom Pelissero (USA Today) NFLPA files suit, angered by way NFL portrayed destruction of Tom Brady's phone.
• Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) Patriot Way strikes back: What we learned Wednesday.
• Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) Brady's agent: NFL shifted focus to phone because its 'science is junk'.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFLPA sues NFL and Management Council in Minnesota.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFLPA will push for quick ruling or injunction.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFLPA must respond to NFL lawsuit by August 13.
• Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Robert Kraft attacks the NFL, apologizes to Patriots fans.
• Tom E. Curran explains how the NFL intentionally mischaracterized Brady's cell-phone issue.
• Tom E. Curran notes Don Yee, tells us not to expect a deal between Brady and the NFL.
• Jerry Thornton gives fans five arguments you'll need to defend Tom Brady.
• Kevin Duffy reiterates the key points made by the NFLPA in it's petition to vacate suspension.
• Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Patriots, Robert Kraft go to familiar public relations playbook to defend Tom Brady.
• Jake Mackey (Goal Line Gazette) Tom Brady proclaims his innocence, the fight continues.
• Ben Volin reports Tom Brady files lawsuit against the NFL.
• Joe Posnanski (NBC Sports) The People* vs. Tom Brady. *Those who believe the NFL's version of events that still remain murky, even after a six-month investigation.
• Julia Limitone (Fox Business) Pete Rose’s investigator says Brady was ‘ambushed’ by Goodell.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Why didn’t Goodell increase Brady’s suspension?
• Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) How Tom Brady and the Patriots walked into Roger Goodell's trap is baffling.
• WEEI guest Matt Light says Goodell 'like a 2-year-old', can't admit mistakes.
• Ian Logue (PatsFans) Congratulations commissioner - You got him.
• Mike Procopio (Goal Line Gazette) Five reasons seeing Brady in court is a good thing.
• Dave Garofalo (The Sports Police) My analysis of Roger Goodell's decision.
• Ben Rohrbach (Yahoo! Sports) Tom Brady blasts NFL decision to uphold his suspension.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) Revenge of the Patriots: It's them vs. the world, and that's scary for the world.
• Melissa Jacobs (The Football Girl) Winners and losers of deflategate (so far).
• Rich Eisen (Rich Eisen Show) Warren Moon weighs in on Tom Brady's legacy. (1 min. clip)
• NFL Total Access (NFL.com) What are the grounds for lawsuit filed by Brady, NFLPA? (3.07 min. video)
• Nikstner (Imgur) The NFL's evolving strategy that kept the Patriots on their heels./Chart.
• El Presidente (Barstool Sports) Roger Goodell begs the Scarborough police to protect his 6.5 million dollar vacation home.
• Steve Buckley wants Tom Brady to speak up and defend himself. Now.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) #Deflategate brings out the venom from readers.
• Dan Hellie (120 Sports) Did NFL get things right? (Video)

HOT GARBAGE

• Mike Tanier (Sports on Earth) Tom Brady and Roger Goodell deserve each other, and we deserve better.
• Manish Mehta (NY Daily News) Tom Brady’s shady DeflateGate tactics open door for Jets in AFC East.
• Feitelberg (Barstool Sports) The Indy Star tries to turn Roger Goodell into the victim of deflategate.
• Peter King (The MMQB) The MMQB Mailbag: Tom Brady's bad day.